Hypsiops

Hypsiops is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene epochs, 20.4—16.0 mya, existing for approximately 4 million years.^[1] Fossils have been uncovered throughout the western U.S. in Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, and Nebraska.

Hypsiops Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Hypsiops breviceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Merycoidodontidae
Genus:	†Hypsiops Schultz and Falkenbach (1950)
Species
H. breviceps Douglass 1907 H. erythroceps Stock 1932